anachronism — noun Etymology: probably from Middle Greek anachronismos, from anachronizesthai to be an anachronism, from Late Greek anachronizein to be late, from Greek ana + chronos time Date: 1617 1. an error in chronology; especially a chronological… … New Collegiate Dictionary

anachronism — noun /əˈnækɹəˌnɪzm̩/ a) A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object. His movements, his clothes, everything about him, seemed slightly out of place in this assembly. He spoiled the pattern; like Alvin, he… … Wiktionary